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EbonyFriends.com - The premium dating site for black friends and singles.

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African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning -- An Electronic Exhibition Catalog from the Bayly Art Museum at the University of Virginia - The objects in this exhibit exemplify African aesthetic and moral principles. Most of the pieces in the exhibit come from West African societies.

AFRICA: The art of a continent - This exhibition includes works ranging from the tools and rock art of early Africa to objects produced well into the twentieth century.

Nok Museum of African Arts - A virtual exhibit of masks from all regions of Africa on display at museums throughout the world.

Fine Art Prints and Home Decorating Ideas - Find fine art prints for home decor. Free shipping! Browse their growing list of handpicked home interior decorating links.

Art Brushes Store - A variety of artist brushes including Kolinsky Sable and Siberian Squirrel.

Earthline Art Products - Worldwide dealer in exceptional African-related, hand-painted originals--on cloth and board, and wood carvings.

World-Wide Black Radio Stations - A collective guide to radio stations around the world, with radio formats catering to the Black, Urban, African American market and fans thereof. Black Radio Stations have music formats such as: Gospel, Hip Hop, Rap, R&B, Jazz, Blues, Soul, Reggae, Caribbean, Soca, Reggae, Dancehall, Go-Go, African and Talk relevant to the Black community.

Africana.Com - "A portal to the cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora, this site bills itself as 'The Black Lane on the Information Highway.' It mixes sober and authoritative educational content, news, and on-line discussions of important books in African studies. It also features historical material on subjects from ancient African kingdoms to hip-hop, and biographies of such leading lights in black history as W.E.B. Du Bois and Clayton (Peg Leg) Bates, the one-legged tap-dance star. Live Webcasts are available by more than eighty radio stations from as far afield as Egypt, Benin, Guadeloupe, and Morocco." (Excerpt from "Nothing But Net - An idiosyncratic list of some of our favorite Web sites" New Yorker, December 6, 1999)

The Congo Cookbook - The Congo Cookbook contains traditional cooking & easy everyday recipes from Africa, plus observations about African cuisine and food.

The Art of the Personal Object - A Smithsonian Institution Exhibit of stools, headrests, pipes, snuff containers, chairs, beds, etc. A back door introduction by the way of stools, pipes, and kitchen utensils of ancient Africa, into the much larger and well laid out site from the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. A good introduction to a most fascinating and rich culture.

Shona Art - Although the Shona have not been exposed to western culture, much of the work of Shona sculptors resembles 20th century contemporary art. Pablo Picasso, founder of the modernist movement, was an early admirer of Shona sculpture.

Art-Bridge.com Art Directory, Art Portal, Art Links - This comprehensive directory and searchable database of art resources on the web covers artists, animation, art galleries and museums, architecture guides, crafts, photography, digital art, tribal art, collectibles, etc.

HBCU - The HBCU Alumni Center is designed to keep the UnCut Black Experience alive and well. Participants are free to schedule online meetings and conferences -- and make connections. Please be creative in the use of this forum.

African Descendants Web Ring - Interesting site. If you've ever wondered what "looking for your roots" was all about, check them out!

Art and Life in Africa Onlline - Contains information about African Art and Culture. Some of the material on this site has been adapted from similar material developed for the Art and Life in Africa CD-ROM produced at The University of Iowa.

The African American Shopping Mall - A great place to shop for Afrocentric products and services. The Mall was created to give the African-American merchant a place to showcase his or her wares, and to offer products and services of interest to the African-American community.

Cultured Expressions - Cultured Expressions offers a great book, titled "African Accents", that takes you step-by-step through creating many, beautiful and useful home decorating items using African fabrics. Lots of color photos and ideas. They also offer a great, inexpensive, Africa-inspired quilt kit for those who don't want to spend the time cutting all those squares.

NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

- The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change - Needs no description!

Africa Online - Provides current news updates on several African countries as well as information on doing business African countries.Also has a currency converter.

Africa Connection - Framed and unframed art work. Also sideboards and cd and wine racks created using carved Dogon doors.

The Black Edition - An online e-zine that features monthly reviews of Black-owned web sites. Interesting and informative.

African Art, On and Off the Walls - Features Items from the Charles Derby Collection of African Art.

Everything Black - "The Place the to Find Anything and Everything BLACK on the Net."

Adire African Textiles - This site offers many fine examples of a wide range of hand made African cloths including Adire, Adinkra, Akwete, Aso-oke, Bogolan, Ewe, Kente, Kuba, and Nupe.

Tom Joyner.Com - You'll love this site and you can register to vote online here, too. There's information about the Tom Joyner Foundation that provides college scholarships. This web site is a natural outgrowth of The Tom Joyner Morning Show, a nationally syndicated radio program available in most major markets during morning drive time. The "crew" keeps a running dialogue that we know you'll enjoy! If you have the Shockwave browser plug-in, you can listen to the show online. If you don't have the plug-in, you can download the plug-in right from the Tom Joyner site. Enjoy!

BlackPages - An African American cyber mall with listing of organizations, churches, businesses, schools and events.

BoarHog - The Intellectual Black Forum Youšve Been Looking For: Hot Topics include: Literature, Politics, Black News, and World News. Also Resources for Writers, Polls, Quizes, a Links Portal, Newsletter and more!

SearchBlack - - A Search Engine for the African American Experience Online. Features a good variety of Black owned, concieved, and controlled web sites.